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Portal:Current events/2018 November 5

2018-11-06T07:53:06Z

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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[Anglophone Crisis]]
**A kidnapping occurs at a school in [[Bamenda]], the capital of the [[Northwest Region (Cameroon)|North-West region]] of [[Cameroon]], with at least seventy-eight students and three staff taken, including the principal. The Anglophone Crisis is a conflict between separatists and the government of Cameroon. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46096924 (BBC)]
*[[Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)]]
**Days of [[Battle of Al Hudaydah|heavy fighting]] between [[Houthi movement|Houthi]] and [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]]-led coalition forces around the port city of [[Al Hudaydah]], [[Yemen]], leaves at least 150 people dead. [https://www.france24.com/en/20181104-dozens-killed-weekend-violence-houthis-rebels-civil-war-yemen-hodeida (FRANCE 24)]

;International relations
*[[Oman–United Kingdom relations]]
**[[United Kingdom|British]] [[Secretary of State for Defence|Defence Minister]] [[Gavin Williamson]] announces that a joint British-[[Oman]]i military training base will open in Oman next year. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-oman-military/uk-announces-joint-omani-british-military-training-base-idUKKCN1NA1M1 (Reuters)]
*[[Foreign relations of the Holy See]], [[Foreign relations of Andorra]]
**[[Pope Francis]], head of state of the [[Vatican City]] and leader of the [[Roman Catholic Church]], threatens to order the [[abdication]] of [[Andorra|Andorran]] [[Coregency|co-monarch]] [[Joan Enric Vives Sicília]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Urgell|Archbishop-Bishop of Urgell]], if the country decriminalises or legalises abortion. [https://www.diariandorra.ad/noticies/nacional/2018/11/05/el_vatica_avisa_que_avortament_faria_abdicar_coprincep_137655_1125.html (Diari d'Andorra - Catalan)]

;Law and crime
*[[Me Too movement]]
**Seo Ji-hyeon, a leading figure of the [[Me Too movement|Me Too]] movement in [[South Korea]], files a suit against former South Korean chief prosecutor Ahn Tae-keun and the [[Government of South Korea|government]] for physical and psychological distress. [https://www.yjc.ir/en/news/31120/south-koreas-leading-figure-in-metoo-files-compensation-suit (YJC)]
*[[Cyberwarfare in Iran]], [[Iran–Israel relations]]
**[[Ministry of Information and Communications Technology of Iran|The Iranian telecommunication minister]] [[Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi]] accuses [[Israel]] of a failed [[cyberattack]] on its telecommunications infrastructure, and vows to respond with legal action. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-israel-cyber/iran-accuses-israel-of-failed-cyber-attack-idUSKCN1NA1LJ (Reuters)], [https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/iran-accuses-israel-of-failed-cyber-attack-10900158 (Channel News Asia)]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 30

2018-11-06T07:50:24Z

2600:8800:FF0E:1200:504A:F75F:C9AB:5DDC: Undid revision 867378663 by TenorTwelve (talk)

{{Current events|year=2018|month=10|day=30|content=


;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**[[Typhoon Yutu]] causes landslides in the [[Philippines]], leaving at least four people killed and thirty-one others trapped. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-storm-yutu/typhoon-triggers-deadly-landslides-in-philippines-dozens-trapped-idUSKCN1N4033 (Reuters)]
*A fire along [[South Africa]]'s [[Garden Route]] in the [[Cape Province]], kills at least seven people. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46029553 (BBC)]

;Health and environment
*[[Complications of pregnancy]]
**Research published in ''[[JAMA Internal Medicine]]'' describes that mothers should wait at least a year between giving birth and getting pregnant again to reduce health risks to mother and baby. [https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46017789 (BBC)]

;Law and crime
*[[List of serial killers by number of victims]]
**[[Germans|German]] convicted serial killer and former nurse [[Niels Högel]] begins his third trial (previous convictions were in 2008 and 2015), this time in [[Oldenburg]], for additional patient murders by administering fatal doses of medication between 1999–2005 which may include his assignment as one of Germany's worst serial killers since [[World War II]]. At the beginning of the trial, Högel confesses to the murder of 100 of his patients. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46027355 (BBC)], [https://www.dw.com/en/german-former-nurse-confesses-to-killing-100-patients/a-46084584 (Deutsche Welle)]
*''[[Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority]]''
**A judge in [[Ecuador]] rules against [[WikiLeaks]] co-founder [[Julian Assange]], who had contested new rules imposed on him in [[Embassy of Ecuador, London|the country's embassy]] in [[London]]. Assange had argued that the conditions violated his "fundamental rights and freedoms", and were intended to force him to leave. His lawyers have appealed against the ruling. Assange took refuge in the embassy six years ago to avoid extradition to [[Sweden]] in a sexual assault case that has since been dropped. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46027963 (BBC)]
*[[Boston]] convicted organized crime boss and former [[FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives|FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive]] [[Whitey Bulger]] dies in the [[United States Penitentiary, Hazelton|United States Penitentiary at Hazelton]], [[West Virginia]]. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/30/us/james-whitey-bulger-killed/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Arrest of Juan Requesens]], [[Human rights in Venezuela]]
**It is reported that imprisoned Venezuelan opposition leader [[Juan Requesens]] has been transferred from isolation to a military hospital in Caracas, after days of reports that he has been suffering an untreated dental infection as well as wounds of torture. [http://www.venezuelaaldia.com/2018/10/27/regimen-tortura-y-niega-asistencia-dental-al-diputado-juan-requesens/ (Venezuela al día)]
*John Letts, the father of the alleged [[British Canadians|British-Canadian]] [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|Islamic State]] fighter [[Jack Letts]] who is being held by [[Kurds|Kurdish]] forces in [[Syria]], calls for the [[Government of Canada|Canadian government]] to help secure his release. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46039145 (BBC)], [https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/father-of-alleged-isis-fighter-pleads-with-ottawa-to-help-free-son-in-syria-1.4156578 (CTV News)]

;Politics and elections
*[[United States Constitution]]
**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] denounces the right to automatic citizenship given to children born on [[United States]] land to [[illegal immigrant]]s. According to most authorities, [[birthright citizenship in the United States]] is protected in the [[Citizenship Clause]] of the [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46032075 (BBC)]
*[[Taliban in Qatar]]
**[[Taliban Five|Five members]] of the [[Taliban]] who were freed by the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] from [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay]] in exchange for former captive [[Bowe Bergdahl]] join the insurgent group’s political office in [[Qatar]]. [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/10/30/5-freed-from-gitmo-in-exchange-for-bergdahl-join-insurgents-in-qatar-taliban-says/ (''Military Times'')], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/taliban-5-freed-from-us-military-prison-now-in-qatar-office/2018/10/31/5fe3f448-dcc7-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]

;Science and technology
*[[NASA]]'s ''[[Parker Solar Probe]]'' spacecraft becomes the closest ever sent to the [[sun]], by passing 42.7 million km (26.6 million miles) from the sun's surface. The previous record was set in 1976 by the ''[[Helios (spacecraft)|Helios 2]]'' spacecraft. Parker's elliptical orbit will eventually take it to within 6.1 million km (3.8 million miles) of the sun. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46030852 (BBC)]
*[[NASA]] announces that the ''[[Kepler (spacecraft)|Kepler]]'' spacecraft has expended all its fuel and will be retired after nearly 10 years of service, having found more than 2,600 exoplanets. [http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-nasa-kepler-retires-20181030-story.html (''Los Angeles Times'')]
*The [[Hawaii]] [[Hawaii Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] affirms the permit for the [[Thirty Meter Telescope]] on [[Mauna Kea]]. [https://www.tmt.org/news/361 (Thirty Meter Telescope)]
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Portal:Current events/2018 November 4

2018-11-06T07:46:14Z

2600:8800:FF0E:1200:504A:F75F:C9AB:5DDC: they may both have occurred in 2011 but the actual incident is the relevant issue

{{Current events|year=2018|month=11|day=4|content=


;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[2018 Minya bus attack]]
**[[Egyptian National Police|Egyptian Police]] kill 19 Islamist militants accused of involvement in an attack on [[Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria|Coptic Christian]]s in central [[Egypt]] two days ago. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-46090104 (BBC)]

;Arts and culture
*[[Ross Edgley]] becomes the first person to swim around [[Great Britain]]. The {{convert|1,780|mi|km|adj=on}} swim lasted 156 days. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46088884 (BBC)]

;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 European floods]]
**Heavy floods affect [[Palermo]] in [[Sicily]], [[Italy]], killing twelve people. The total death toll of the floods and strong winds in the country rises to 31 people. [http://www.teleacras.com/wp1/2018/11/05/maltempo-in-sicilia-12-morti/ (Teleacras)]

;International relations
*[[New Caledonian independence referendum, 2018]]
**[[New Caledonia]]ns vote against becoming an independent country from [[France]]. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-46087053 (BBC)]

;Law and crime
*[[2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis]]
**The leading judge presiding over the investigation of the [[Catalan independence referendum, 2017|2017 Catalan independence referendum]] and the director of the [[Operation Anubis]] Juan Antonio Ramírez Sunyer dies suddenly at the age of 71.[https://www.elmundo.es/cataluna/2018/11/04/5bdebb68e5fdead3788b45ca.html (''El Mundo'')]
*[[Corruption in Ukraine]]
**{{ill|Kateryna Handzyuk|uk|Гандзюк Катерина Вікторівна}}, an anti-corruption activist, dies of the injuries that she suffered in an acid attack on 31 July in [[Kherson]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46091074 (BBC)]
*[[Bahraini uprising of 2011]]
**[[Bahrain]]'s [[Judiciary of Bahrain|Court of Appeal]] rules that the former leader of the now outlawed [[Al-Wefaq]] party, [[Ali Salman|Sheikh Ali Salman]], will receive a life sentence over his conviction for 2011 spying for [[Qatar]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46088430 (BBC)]
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Portal:Current events/2018 November 1

2018-11-06T07:43:26Z

2600:8800:FF0E:1200:504A:F75F:C9AB:5DDC: Undid revision 867523045 by Kpgjhpjm (talk)no published paper = wp:soapbox

{{Current events|year=2018|month=11|day=1|content=


;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**The death toll from landslides and floods caused by [[Typhoon Yutu]] in the [[Philippines]] rises to 15 people. One man died in [[Hong Kong]], China. [https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/hope-fades-for-survivors-in-philippines/news-story/af006c87d0f76f0c8e29f9bdab191c29 (News.com.au)], [http://www.atimes.com/article/man-dies-while-surfing-during-typhoon-in-shek-o/ (''Asia Times'')]
*[[Lion Air Flight 610]]
**Indonesian divers retrieve the [[flight data recorder]] from the ocean near [[Karawang]], [[Indonesia]], where the plane had crashed three days prior. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash/indonesia-divers-retrieve-black-box-from-crashed-jet-media-idUSKCN1N63FO (Reuters)]
*[[2018 European floods]]
**The death toll from heavy floods and strong winds affecting [[Italy]] rises to 17 people. [https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/11/01/news/maltempo_pioggia_allerta_temporali_vento_veneto_lazio_toscana_campania_piemonte-210521322/amp/ (''La Repubblica'')]
*[[2018 Chongqing bus crash]]
**Chinese police announce that the driver of the bus that plunged into the [[Yangtze River]] in [[Chongqing]], [[China]], on October 28 was arguing and fighting with a passenger moments earlier, causing the accident. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46068412 (BBC)]

;Health and environment
*[[Legality of cannabis]], [[Cannabis in the United Kingdom]]
**[[Medical cannabis]] becomes legal in the [[United Kingdom]] as the [[National Health Service]] can now prescribe it to some patients, including those with cancer, severe forms of [[epilepsy]], and [[multiple sclerosis]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46045487 (BBC)]

;International relations
*[[Greece–Republic of Macedonia relations]], [[Macedonia naming dispute]]
**Commercial air travel resumes between [[Greece]] and [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] for the first time since 2006. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46064986 (BBC)]

;Law and crime
*[[Capital punishment in Tennessee]]
**The state of [[Tennessee]] executes [[Edmund Zagorski]], a man convicted of the April 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter, making it the first time the state has executed an inmate by [[electric chair|electrocution]] since 2007. Zagorski requested that he be executed via electrocution. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-set-execute-murderer-edmund-zagorski-electric-chair-thursday-night-n929776 (NBC News)], [https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-set-electric-chair-1st-time-2007-58908190 (ABC News)]

;Politics and elections
*[[Meaza Ashenafi]] becomes the first woman in [[Ethiopia]]'s history to preside over the [[List of supreme courts by country|Supreme Court]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/01/africa/ethiopia-first-woman-supreme-court-head-intl/index.html (CNN)]
*British [[Minister for Sport and Civil Society|Sports Minister]] [[Tracey Crouch]] resigns amid controversy over a delay on regulating [[fixed odds betting terminal]]s. [https://news.sky.com/story/tracey-crouch-quits-as-sports-minister-after-betting-machine-cut-delay-11541900 (Sky News)]

;Science and technology
*[[Asteroid belt#Exploration|Asteroid belt exploration]]
**[[NASA]]'s ''[[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]]'' spacecraft exhausts all of its [[hydrazine]] [[Rocket propellant|fuel]] [[propellant]] and without a functioning [[Reaction control system|maneuvering system]] enters into uncontrolled [[Motion (physics)|motion]] around [[dwarf planet]] [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]], thus ending its 11-year mission. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/01/us/nasa-dawn-mission-end/index.html (CNN)]
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Portal:Current events/2018 November 2

2018-11-05T02:20:34Z

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{{Current events|year=2018|month=11|day=2|content=


;Armed conflicts and attacks
*Unknown attackers kill [[Maulana Sami-ul-Haq]], a former [[Senate of Pakistan|Pakistani senator]] widely known as the "Father of the [[Taliban]]", at his residence in [[Rawalpindi]]. [https://www.geo.tv/latest/217054-maulana-samiul-haq-killed-in-targetted-attack-in-rawalpindi (Geo TV)], [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-cleric-taliban/father-of-taliban-mullah-sami-ul-haq-killed-in-pakistani-city-deputy-idUSKCN1N71U3 (Reuters)]
*[[2018 Minya bus attack]]
**An attack on a bus carrying [[Copts]] from [[Sohag Governorate]] to the [[Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor]] in [[Egypt]], kills seven people and injures several others. [https://www.euronews.com/2018/11/02/egypt-gunmen-kill-7-driving-to-coptic-christian-monastery (Euronews and Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 European floods]]
**In the floods that are affecting [[Italy]], the death toll rises to 19 people. [https://www.quotidiano.net/cronaca/maltempo-oggi-1.4274388 (Quotidiano)]

;International relations
*[[Sanctions against Iran]], [[Iran–United States relations]], [[United States withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]], [[Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action]]
**The [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] announces the reimposition of all sanctions on [[Iran]] that were lifted under the July 2015 deal governing the [[nuclear program of Iran]]. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-reimposes-all-iran-sanctions-lifted-under-nuclear-deal/2018/11/02/a331c300-dead-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
*[[Brazil–Israel relations]], [[Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro]]
**The president-elect of [[Brazil]], [[Jair Bolsonaro]], states that he will honor his campaign pledge to move the country's embassy in [[Israel]] from [[Tel Aviv]] to [[Jerusalem]]. [https://www.dw.com/en/brazils-jair-bolsonaro-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem/a-46126040 (AP via Deutsche Welle)]

;Law and crime
*[[Blasphemy law in Pakistan]]
**According to a pact between [[Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan]] (TLP) and two Federal & Provincial Religious Affairs Ministers of Pakistan, the name of [[Asia Bibi blasphemy case|Asia Bibi]] will be placed on the [[Exit Control List]] which would prevent her leaving the country. TLP has already filed a review petition against the verdict of [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] in the Asia Bibi blasphemy case. [https://www.dawn.com/news/1443123/government-tlp-reach-agreement-state-to-take-legal-measures-to-place-asia-bibis-name-on-ecl (Dawn News)] [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/nov/02/outrage-as-pakistani-government-vows-to-stop-asia-bibi-leaving (''The Guardian'')]
*[[2018 Tallahassee shooting]]
**A gunman kills two people and injures five others before killing himself at a yoga studio in [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]], [[Florida]], [[United States]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hot-yoga-shooting-tallahassee-florida-studio-two-dead-shooter-gunman-four-inured/ (CBS News)]
*[[2017–18 Spanish constitutional crisis]]
**The Spanish [[Attorney General of Spain|Attorney General]] seeks jail terms for Catalan independence leaders for the crime of rebellion with the highest requested penalty being against [[Oriol Junqueras]] of 25 years. The State's Advocacy is only asking for prison sentences for the lessor crimes of sedition and embezzlement. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-spain-politics-catalonia/spain-prosecutor-seeks-long-jail-terms-for-catalan-pro-independence-leaders-idUSKCN1N712K (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections
*[[Twitter suspensions]], [[Foreign electoral intervention]]
**[[Twitter]] deletes 10,000 [[Twitter bot|bot accounts]] that were discouraging people from voting in the [[United States elections, 2018|midterm elections]] in the [[United States]]. [https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-election-twitter-exclusive/exclusive-twitter-deletes-over-10000-accounts-that-sought-to-discourage-u-s-voting-idUKKCN1N72FD (Reuters)]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 29

2018-11-04T12:57:23Z

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{{Current events|year=2018|month=10|day=29|content=


;Arts and culture
*[[Syrian Civil War]]
**The [[National Museum of Damascus]] reopens to the public six years after it was closed due to the war. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-46009833 (BBC)]

;Disasters and accidents
*[[Lion Air Flight 610]]
**A [[Boeing 737]], en route from [[Jakarta]] to [[Pangkal Pinang]], crashes into the ocean near [[Karawang]], [[Indonesia]], killing all one hundred eighty-one passengers and eight crew. [https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/lion-air-plane-missing-10-minutes-after-take-off-from-jakarta-on-monday-morning (''The Straits Times'')]
*[[2018 European floods]]
**Heavy floods and strong winds continue to affect all of [[Italy]]. For the duration of the disaster across the country, the death toll is eleven people. [https://www.ilmessaggero.it/AMP/italia/chi_sono_morti_maltempo_italia_30_ottobre_2018-4074048.html (''Il Messaggero'')]
*[[2018 Chongqing bus crash]]
**A bus runs off the [[Second Wanzhou Yangtze River Bridge]] and falls into the [[Yangtze River]] in [[Chongqing]], [[China]], killing at least nine people. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46068412 (BBC)]

;International relations
*[[Brexit]]
**[[Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets|AFM]], the financial markets authority in the [[Netherlands]], says it will prepare for financial trading taking place on its infrastructure in the event the [[United Kingdom]] leaves the [[European Union]]. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-netherlands/netherlands-prepares-to-be-eu-financial-trading-hub-after-brexit-idUSKCN1N31OC (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections
*[[Politics of Germany]], [[Hessian state election, 2018]]
**Following a disappointing [[Hessian state election, 2018|state election on Sunday]], German chancellor [[Angela Merkel]] announces that she will not seek re-election as party head at a conference in early December and as German chancellor in 2021. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/29/hesse-election-result-bad-for-merkel-cdu-and-the-spd.html (CNBC)]

;Sports
*[[2018 Formula One World Championship]]
**In [[auto racing]], [[Lewis Hamilton]] clinches his fifth [[List of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|World Drivers' Championship]] with a fourth-place finish at the [[2018 Mexican Grand Prix|Mexican Grand Prix]]. Hamilton ties [[Juan Manuel Fangio]] for second place in drivers' championships, behind only [[Michael Schumacher]] with seven. [https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/46012327 (BBC)]
*[[2018 World Series]]
**In [[baseball]]'s [[World Series]], the [[2018 Boston Red Sox season|Boston Red Sox]] defeat the [[2018 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]] in the fifth game, winning the series four games to one and claiming [[Boston Red Sox|the team's]] ninth World Series title. Red Sox first baseman [[Steve Pearce (baseball)|Steve Pearce]] is named the [[World Series Most Valuable Player Award|Series' Most Valuable Player]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/28/sports/red-sox-vs-dodgers-world-series.html (''The New York Times'')]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 28

2018-11-04T12:54:17Z

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{{Current events|year=2018|month=10|day=28|content=


;Business and economy
*[[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting]]
**American online payments system company [[PayPal]] bans American social media site [[Gab (social network)|Gab]], known for its association with the [[alt-right]] movement, while [[Joyent]], Gab's American hosting provider, states that they will terminate their service tomorrow. The move comes after it was revealed that the suspect in yesterday's 11 deaths, [[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting#Suspect|Robert Bowers]], was an active member on the social network. [https://www.cnet.com/news/after-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-paypal-bans-gab-social-network/ (CNET)]
*American computer company [[IBM]] announces plans to acquire American software company [[Red Hat]] for [[US$]]34 billion. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/28/ibm-is-reportedly-nearing-deal-to-acquire-red-hat.html (CNBC)]

;Disasters and accidents
*A landslide in [[Isola di Capo Rizzuto]] of [[Calabria]], [[Italy]], kills four construction workers while they repair a sewer. [http://news-abc.com/in-italy-a-landslide-killed-4-people/ (Architecture, Building & Construction News)]
*[[2018 European floods]]
**Heavy floods and strong winds in the ''[[comune]]'' of [[Manduria]] in [[Taranto]], [[Italy]], destroys several buildings and roads, leaving at least one person injured. [https://www.quotidianodipuglia.it/AMP/taranto/taranto_tromba_d_aria_paura_e_danni_a_manduria-4070149.html (Quotidiano Puglia)]

;International relations
*[[India–Pakistan relations]]
**The [[Supreme Court of Pakistan]] reimposes a ban on all [[India]]n-produced content on [[Pakistan]]i television channels. [https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-ban-india-tv-content-blames-dam-building/29567457.html (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)]

;Law and crime
*[[Japan]]ese company [[Hitachi|Hitachi Chemical]] states that it falsified inspections for a material used in [[semiconductor]]s. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hitachichemical-probe/hitachi-chemical-hit-by-new-falsification-scandal-shares-slump-idUSKCN1N302F?il=0 (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections
*[[Brazilian general election, 2018]]
**[[Brazil]]ians elect [[Jair Bolsonaro]] of the [[Social Liberal Party (Brazil)|Social Liberal Party]] as president, with 55% of the vote, in the second round of the presidential election. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46013408 (BBC)]
*[[Georgian presidential election, 2018]]
**[[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]n citizens vote in the last presidential election to be decided by [[direct election]]. [https://www.rferl.org/a/last-direct-presidential-election-in-georgia-may-set-a-caucasus-first-/29567315.html (RFE/RL)]
*[[Hessian state election, 2018]]
**Voters in the [[Germany|German]] state of [[Hesse]] go to the polls to elect a new legislature. The election is widely considered a test for [[Angela Merkel]]'s ruling CDU–SPD coalition. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45988854 (BBC)]
**Both the CDU's and the SDP's [[Swing (politics)|swing]] drop by a little over 10%, while [[Alliance 90/The Greens|The Greens]] surge to second place with 19.5% of the vote and the [[Alternative for Germany|AfD]] place fourth with 12% of the vote. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46012098 (BBC)]
*[[New International Airport for Mexico City]]
**A nation-wide referendum called upon by [[Mexico]]'s president-elect [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] results in a majority of votes for the cancellation of the new airport and in support of upgrades to the current [[Mexico City International Airport|Mexico City]] and [[Toluca International Airport|Toluca airports]] as well as the adapting of [[Santa Lucía Air Force Base Num 1|Santa Lucía Military Base]]'s runways for civilian aircraft use. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicans-vote-to-cancel-13-3-billion-mexico-city-airport-project-1540789177 (''The Wall Street Journal'')]

;Science and technology
*[[Private spaceflight]]
**[[Beijing]]-based private development [[space launch]] company [[LandSpace]]'s three-stage rocket, [[Zhuque-1]], carrying a satellite named ''Future'' built for state media [[China Central Television]], fails to reach orbit. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-space-landspace/chinese-privately-developed-rocket-fails-to-reach-orbit-idUSKCN1N2078 (Reuters)]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 27

2018-10-31T05:46:29Z

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;Armed conflicts and attacks
*[[Pittsburgh synagogue shooting]]
**A gunman opens fire at a [[synagogue]] in [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]], killing at least 11 people. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46002549 (BBC)], [https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pittsburgh-active-shooter-near-synagogue-1.4881234 (CBC)]

;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Leicester City F.C. helicopter crash]]
**An [[AgustaWestland AW169]] helicopter with [[Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha]] on board crashes shortly after take-off from the [[King Power Stadium]] [[Leicester]], United Kingdom. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-460064709 (BBC)]
*A seven-alarm fire destroys an apartment building in [[Boston, Massachusetts]], injuring 11 people and displacing 114 residents. [https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/10/27/firefighters-battling-alarm-blaze-back-bay/5UQE3tgwfVqtarY41DyLcM/story.html (''The Boston Globe'')]

;Politics and elections
*[[Gabonese legislative election, 2018]]
**[[Gabon]]ese citizens vote in the second round of the latest legislative election. [https://www.news24.com/Africa/News/gabon-ruling-party-in-pole-position-as-final-round-vote-starts-20181027 (News24)]
*[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group|ALDE]] [[European Parliament]] group expels Catalan nationalist party [[Catalan European Democratic Party|PDECat]] amid corruption scandals that affect the [[Democratic Convergence of Catalonia|CDC]] predecessor party. [https://www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/20181027/los-liberales-europeos-consuman-la-expulsion-del-pdecat-7114127 (''El Periódico'')]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 25

2018-10-31T05:43:29Z

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;Arts and culture
*The [[United Kingdom]] opens all combat roles in the [[British Armed Forces]], including special forces, to women for the first time. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-women-military/britain-opens-all-military-roles-to-women-idUSKCN1MZ2OX (Reuters)]

;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**[[Typhoon Yutu (2018)|Super Typhoon Yutu]] makes landfall on [[Saipan]] and [[Tinian]] in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] as a category 5 storm. The typhoon becomes the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike any part of the United States since 1935. [https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/breaking-news-yutu-currently-passing-over-saipan-tinian/ (Saipan Tribune)], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/10/25/category-typhoon-devastates-northern-marianas-worst-storm-hit-us-since/?utm_term=.a941a7661657 (''The Washington Post'')]
*Flash floods near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Jordan]] kill at least 21 people including 19 children on a school trip and injure 43 others. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/10/jordan-floods-death-toll-increases-schoolchildren-181026114440952.html (Al Jazeera)]
*On its first day of service the [[Sheffield Supertram]]'s new [[tram-train]] is struck by a truck and derailed. [https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2018-10-25/lorry-hits-sheffield-tram/ (ITV)], [https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1036409/sheffield-tram-crash-supertram-crash-sheffield-police (Express)]

;Law and crime
*[[October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts]]
**The [[New York City Police Department]] recovers a package similar to those found earlier this week at the office of [[TriBeCa Productions]], which is used by actor [[Robert De Niro]]. [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Pipe-Bombs-Clinton-Obama-Soros-Waters-CNN-Time-Warner-Holder-Brennan-498490732.html (NBC New York)]
**The FBI is investigating two packages found at postal facilities in [[Delaware]], sent to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]]. [https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xw9bxd/two-new-pipe-bombs-said-to-target-joe-biden (''Vice'')]
**The [[Miami-Dade Police Department]] and federal authorities believe several of the packages went through a mail processing and distribution center in [[Opa-locka, Florida]] and are currently searching the facility with a bomb squad and K-9 unit. [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/clintons-obama-suspicious-packages/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Corruption in Spain]]
**Former [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] Director and ex-[[Deputy Prime Minister of Spain]] [[Rodrigo Rato]] enters prison to serve a sentence of 4 and a half years for a crime of embezzlement. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/10/25/world/europe/ap-eu-spain-ex-imf-chief.html (''The New York Times'')]
*[[Me Too movement]]
**[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] peer [[Peter Hain]] uses [[parliamentary privilege]] to name [[Philip Green]] as the British businessman who used an [[Injunctions in English law|injunction]] to prevent allegations of sexual harassment against him being published in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/sir-philip-green-named-as-man-at-centre-of-uk-metoo-scandal (''The Guardian'')]

;Politics and elections
*[[Politics of Ethiopia]]
**[[United Nations]] diplomat [[Sahle-Work Zewde]] becomes the first female [[President of Ethiopia]] in its history after the resignation of [[Mulatu Teshome]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45976620 (BBC)]
*[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] announces his plan to lower American [[prescription drug]] prices. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-address-drug-prices-in-speech-shifting-focus-to-health-care-before-midterm-elections/2018/10/25/88e16e0a-d84b-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]

;Science and technology
*[[Climate of Mars]]
**A new study finds that [[Water on Mars|water]] on [[Mars]] may contain more [[oxygen]] than previously thought. [https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/mars-contains-more-oxygenated-water-than-previously-thought-study/303883 (Times Now News)]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 24

2018-10-30T08:32:33Z

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{{Current events|year=2018|month=10|day=24|content=


;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**Authorities lower the casualty numbers for the September 28 earthquake and tsunami to 2,256 dead, 10,679 injured, and 1,075 still missing. [https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ma065sulawesiaffectedpop-300dpi.pdf (reliefweb)]

;International relations
*[[Killing of Jamal Khashoggi]]
**[[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia Crown Prince]] [[Mohammad bin Salman]] will address an international audience for the first time since the killing of journalist [[Jamal Khashoggi]] at the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-speaks-amid-jamal-khashoggi-scandal/ (CBS News)]
**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] acknowledges that the [[Saudi Arabia]] crown prince "could have been" involved in the killing of Khashoggi, noting that "the prince is running things over there". [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/23/jamal-khashoggi-trump-cover-up-sanctions-visas (''The Guardian'')]

;Law and crime
*[[Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections]], [[cyberwarfare by Russia]]
**The [[United States Cyber Command]] contacts individual [[Russians]] with the hope to deter them from interfering with upcoming [[Elections in the United States|American elections]], including the [[United States elections, 2018|November midterms]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/23/us-warning-individual-russians-over-midterm-election-interference.html (CNBC)]
*[[October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts]]
**The [[United States Secret Service]] intercepts two suspicious packages described as "potential explosive devices" addressed to former President [[Barack Obama]] and former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]]. One addressed to former CIA director [[John O. Brennan]] was received at [[CNN]]'s New York studios, which were evacuated. Other politicians who received similar packages include U.S. Representatives [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] (whose name and address was on the return label of a package meant for former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] but had the wrong recipient address) and [[Maxine Waters]]. Authorities are also attempting to locate a suspicious package sent to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] that was marked return to sender due to a bad address. [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/authorities-searching-for-package-addressed-to-joe-biden-amid-bomb-scare (''Washington Examiner'')] [https://www.npr.org/2018/10/24/660161491/u-s-intercepts-suspicious-packages-addressed-to-clinton-and-obama (NPR)]
*[[Junpei Yasuda]], a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] journalist kidnapped by [[Al-Nusra Front]] in [[Syria]], is released. [http://www.time.com/5432820/japanese-journalist-syria-released-turkey/ (Time)]

;Science and technology
*[[Settlement of the Americas]]
**Stone tools are found in [[Texas]] dating back 15,000 years, being the oldest evidence of humans in [[North America]]. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6313785/Oldest-weapons-discovered-North-America-reveal-Americans-arrived-earlier-thought.html (''Daily Mail'')]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 20

2018-10-28T11:56:03Z

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{{Current events|year=2018|month=10|day=20|content=


;Disasters and accidents
*Four U.S. tourists are killed in [[Costa Rica]] after a rafting accident on a swollen river. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45931227 (BBC)]

;International relations
*[[Russia–United States relations]]
**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] says that the [[United States]] will withdraw from the [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]], a 1987 nuclear arms treaty with [[Russia]]. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/20/trump-us-nuclear-arms-treaty-russia (''The Guardian'')]

;Law and crime
*[[Religious violence in Nigeria]]
**A spat in a market in [[Nigeria]]'s northern [[Kaduna State]] results in 55 dead. After the brawl, 22 people were arrested. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45930407 (BBC)]
*Tanzanian billionaire [[Mohammed Dewji]] is freed by his captors nine days after being seized by unknown gunmen. [https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/20/africa/tanzania-mohammed-dewji-returns-home/index.html (CNN)] [https://qz.com/africa/1431123/africa-youngest-billionaire-dewji-found-tanzania-after-kidnapping/ (Quartz)]
*[[2018 Sagay massacre|2018 Sagay, Negros Occidental hacienda massacre]]
**Unidentified armed men shoot and kill nine [[sugarcane]] farmers in [[Sagay, Negros Occidental]], Philippines. [https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1045819/pnp-eyes-4-groups-in-killing-of-9-sugar-farmers-in-sagay (''Philippine Daily Inquirer'')]
*The number of remains of babies, fetuses found stashed in [[Detroit]] funeral home rises to now more than 60. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-detroit-bodies/remains-of-more-than-60-babies-fetuses-found-stashed-in-detroit-funeral-home-idUSKCN1MU02Z (Reuters)]

;Politics and elections
*[[Afghan parliamentary election, 2018]]
**After a delay of three years, voters in [[Afghanistan]] head to the polls to elect members of the nation's [[House of the People (Afghanistan)|parliament]]. The election is marred by violence and suicide attacks which leave over 170 dead or wounded nationwide. [https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-election-multiple-blasts-reported-at-kabul-polling-stations/a-45966503 (''Deutsche Welle'')]
**Because of technical issues in some constituencies, voting was extended until Sunday. Additionally, voting in the [[Kandahar Province]] will be delayed by one week following the assassination of police commander [[Abdul Raziq Achakzai]] two days prior. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-election-extend/afghanistan-extends-election-to-sunday-due-to-chaos-at-polling-stations-idUSKCN1MU09A (''Reuters'')] [https://gandhara.rferl.org/a/elections-in-afghanistan-s-kandahar-province-to-be-delayed-a-week/29552630.html (''Gandhara'')]
*[[Wentworth by-election, 2018]]
**Independent candidate [[Kerryn Phelps]] leads the vote count in the [[Australian House of Representatives]] seat of [[Division of Wentworth|Wentworth]]. If she wins, the [[Australian House of Representatives]] will enter into a [[hung parliament]]. [https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/wentworth-byelection-gap-between-kerryn-phelps-and-dave-sharma-narrows-in-surprise-count-update-20181021-p50azw.html (''The Sydney Morning Herald'')]
*[[Opposition to Brexit in the United Kingdom]]
**More than 600,000 people gather at [[Parliament Square]] in [[London]] as protesters from the [[People's Vote]] campaign call for a second [[Brexit]] referendum deal between the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[European Union]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45925542 (BBC)] [http://time.com/5430241/600k-march-london-second-brexit-vote/ (''Time'')]

;Science and technology
*The skull of the [[Luzia Woman]], one of the oldest known human fossils from the Americas, is recovered from the remains of the [[National Museum of Brazil]]. The museum staff states that the museum intends to attempt to restore the fossil. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-4592673 (BBC)]
*A research study published in ''[[The New England Journal of Medicine]]'' describes a significant mortality response to the immunotherapy [[Atezolizumab]] used in conjunction with the chemotherapy [[nab-paclitaxel]] for a type of untreatable [[Breast cancer]] ([[Triple-negative breast cancer|Triple-negative]]) when the tumors also display programmed death ligand 1 ([[PD-L1]]) expression. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/health/breast-cancer-immunotherapy.html (''The New York Times'')],[https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1809615 (''The New England Journal of Medicine'')]

;Sports
*[[2018 Major League Baseball season#Postseason|2018 Major League Baseball season]]
**The [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] return to the [[2018 World Series|World Series]] after a 5–1 victory against the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] in game 7 of the [[2018 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]]. [http://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/la-sp-dodgers-brewers-plaschke-20181020-story.html (''The Los Angeles Times'')]
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Portal:Current events/2018 October 22

2018-10-27T08:28:15Z

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{{Current events|year=2018|month=10|day=22|content=


;Business and economy
*After nine years of construction, [[China]] is expected to open the world's longest sea bridge, [[Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge]], at a ceremony in [[Hong Kong]]. [https://www.businessinsider.com/china-world-longest-sea-bridge-hong-kong2018-10 (Business Insider)]

;Disasters and accidents
*Two passenger buses collide in the city of [[Dera Ghazi Khan]], in the Punjab Province of [[Pakistan]], resulting in 19 deaths and 40 injuries. [https://tribune.com.pk/story/1830940/1-least-15-passengers-killed-dg-khan-road-accident/ (''The Express Tribune'')] [http://www.arabnews.com/node/1392036/press-review (Arab News)]

;Politics and elections
*[[British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2018]]
**The [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[British Columbia]] begins a [[Postal voting|postal ballot]] to determine whether to maintain the current [[first-past-the-post voting]] system or switch to a form of [[proportional representation]] for their provincial elections. [https://elections.bc.ca/referendum/ (Elections BC)]
*[[Transgender rights]]
**The [[Presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] through the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] plans to include a legal definition of gender in the federal civil rights [[Title IX]] law. The proposed alteration to the law would define gender as an unchangeable anatomical and genetic condition determined at birth. [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/21/us/politics/transgender-trump-administration-sex-definition.html (''The New York Times'')] [https://www.npr.org/2018/10/22/659553583/trans-people-say-they-wontbeerased-as-trump-administration-mulls-defining-sex (NPR)]

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